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永州市零陵区2022-2023学年高一下学期期末考试
英语试题
时量：120分钟满分：150分
第一部分听力（共20题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Where is the ball
A. In the gym. B. In the house. C. In the garage.
2. How will the speakers go to the cinema
A. On foot. B. By taxi. C. By subway.
3. Where is the pencil case now
A. In the main office. B. In the classroom. C. In the restaurant.
4. What is the man doing
A. Giving advice. B. Asking for help. C. Expressing his thanks.
5. Why can’t the man help
A. He’s going skiing. B. He has an old injury. C. He isn’t strong enough.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。
6. Which sport does the girl play
A. Football. B. Basketball. C. Baseball.
7. Where does the football team normally practice
A. On the south field. B. On the east field. C. On the west field.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. How will the girl leave school
A. By car. B. By bus. C. On foot.
9. Which topic did the girl already write about
A. Pirates. B. World War I. C. Rome.
10. What is the relationship between the speakers
A. Friends. B. Classmates. C. Family members.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. Where did the woman go on a business trip
A. To New York. B. To Chicago. C. To Boston.
12. What is the man
A. An engineer. B. A gardener. C. A businessman.
13. How long has the man lived here in Boston
A. For 2 years. B. For 10 years. C. For 12 years.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. What kind of books has the man been reading recently
A. Comic books. B. Short stories. C. Travel guides.
15. How often does the woman go to the library
A. Once a day. B. Once a week. C. Once a month.
16. How many books does the man usually read in a month
A. Three. B. Six. C. Eight.
17. What subject is the woman most interested in
A. Biology. B. Chemistry. C. Physics.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Where will the listeners have the class from now on
A. On the Internet. B. In the classroom. C. In the playground.
19. How long will the listeners have for each test
A. Three minutes. B. Twenty minutes. C. Thirty minutes.
20. Which section will the listeners ask questions in
A. Discussion. B. Notes. C. Tests.
第二部分阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
There are many podcasts(播客) that teach English and you can listen to them anytime. Here is a list of some of the best podcasts that you must see.
Learn English Podcast
This podcast has three levels. The first is for beginners, the second is for intermediates(中级学生) and the third is for upper intermediates. If a person wants to learn Business English, then episodes are also made for him. Every podcast is short but very informative. Worksheets(活页练习题) and vocabulary tasks are also included.
Speaking Broadly
This podcast is made for advanced learners. Explained through discussion and interviews, each episode has non-native English speakers and every recording also has expert feedback. You will see some common mistakes made by English learners and you can improve your English by learning from those mistakes.
The English We Speak
This podcast airs one episode daily and every episode is only three to four minutes, which talks about phrases and idioms. There are two people in each episode who communicate with each other. Whatever level you are, you will find it rewarding.
Elementary Podcast
This podcast is mainly for beginners and intermediate level learners. The length of a podcast is around 25 minutes but you can pause it anytime and continue whenever you want. The hosts of each episode are different.
21. Which podcast provides exercises going with it
A. Speaking Broadly. B. Elementary Podcast.
C. The English We Speak. D. Learn English Podcast.
22. What do we know about Speaking Broadly
A. It records just expert speakers.
B. It targets beginners.
C. It presents some typical mistakes.
D. It provides feedback from listeners.
23. What do The English We Speak and Elementary Podcast have in common
A. They are both interactive.
B. They cater for beginners.
C. They have the same length.
D. They share the same contents.
B
America was where all my mother’s hopes lay. My mother believed one could be anything he wanted to be in America. “You can be a prodigy (神童), too,” my mother told me when I was nine. “You can be best at anything.” We didn’t immediately pick the right kind of prodigy. At first my mother thought I could be a Chinese Shirley Temple. We’d watch Shirley’s old movies on TV as though they were training films. My mother would poke my arm and say, “Ni kan”—You watch.
Soon after my mother got this idea about Shirley Temple, she took me to a beauty training school and put me in the hands of a student who could barely hold the scissors without shaking. Instead of getting big fat curls, I emerged with an uneven mass of crinkly black fuzz.
In fact, in the beginning, I was just as excited as my mother, maybe even more so. I pictured this prodigy part of me as many different images, trying each one on for size. I was a dainty ballerina girl standing by the curtains, waiting to hear the right music that would send me floating on my tiptoes. I was Cinderella stepping from her pumpkin carriage with sparkly cartoon music filling the air.
In all of my imaginings, I was filled with a sense that I would soon become perfect. My mother and father would adore me. I would be beyond reproach (责备). I would never be annoyed by anything. Every night after dinner, my mother and I would sit at the Formica kitchen table. She would present new tests, taking her examples from stories of amazing children she had read and a dozen other magazines she kept in a pile in our bathroom. My mother got these magazines from people whose houses she cleaned. She would look through them all, searching for stories about remarkable children.
The first night she brought out a story about a three-year-old boy who knew the capitals of all the states and even most of the European countries. A teacher was quoted as saying the little boy could also pronounce the names of the foreign cities correctly.
“What’s the capital of Finland ” my mother asked me, looking at the magazine story.
All I knew was the capital of California, because Sacramento was the name of the street we lived on in Chinatown. “Nairobi!” I guessed, saying the most foreign word I could think of. She checked to see if that was possibly one way to pronounce “Helsinki” before showing me the answer.
The tests got harder — multiplying numbers in my head, finding the queen of hearts in a deck of cards, trying to stand on my head without using my hands, predicting the daily temperatures in Los Angeles, New York, and London.
And after seeing my mother’s disappointed face once again, something inside of me began to die. I hated the tests, the raised hopes and failed expectations. Before going to bed that night, I looked in the mirror and when I saw only my face staring back — and that it would always be this ordinary face — I began to cry. Such a sad, ugly girl! I made high-pitched (尖锐的) noises like a crazed animal, trying to scratch out the face in the mirror.
And then I saw what seemed to be the prodigy side of me — because I had never seen that face before. I looked at my reflection, blinking so I could see more clearly. The girl staring back at me was angry, powerful. This girl and I were the same. I had new thoughts, willful thoughts, or rather thoughts filled with lots of won’ts. I won’t let her change me, I promised myself. I won’t be what I’m not.
24. Why did the mother and the girl watch Shirley Temple’s old movies on TV
A. Because the mother was a fan of Shirley Temple
B. Because the girl resembled Shirley Temple in appearance.
C. Because Shirley Temple’s hairstyle was very popular among children.
D. Because the mother wanted her daughter to be a Chinese Shirley Temple.
25. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the tests the girl did every night
A. She got through the tests painfully.
B. She felt confident and finished them smoothly.
C. She failed the tests and began to lose confidence.
D. She made preparations for tests to please her mother.
26. What does the underlined sentence in the passage mean
A. The mother was disappointed and gave up her daughter.
B. The mother expected her daughter to know the right answer.
C. The answers were more than one and the mother checked them.
D. The mother was not sure about the answer and wanted to confirm it.
27. What might happen after the last paragraph
A. The girl might do what she really likes.
B. The girl might do whatever her mother asks.
C. The girl might try her best to become successful.
D. The mother might change her attitude and listen to her daughter.
C
I am standing next to a five-year old girl in Pormpuraaw, a small Aboriginal (土著的) community in northern Australia. When I ask her to point north, she points precisely and without hesitation. My compass says she is right. Later, back in a lecture hall at Stanford University, I make the same request of an audience of excellent professors. Many refuse; they do not know the answer.
A five-year-old in one culture can do something with ease that great scientists in other cultures struggle with. This is a big difference in cognitive (认知的) ability. What could explain it The surprising answer, it turns out, may be language.
Around the world people communicate with one another using a variety of languages— 7,000 or so all told— and each language requires very different things from its speakers. For example, suppose I want to tell you that I saw Uncle Vanya on 42nd Street. In Mian, a language spoken in Papua New Guinea, the verb I used would reveal whether the event happened just now, yesterday or in the distant past, whereas in Indonesia, the verb wouldn’t even give away whether it had already happened or was still coming up. In Russian, the verb would reveal my gender.
Research in my lab and in many others has been uncovering how language shapes even the most basic concept of human experience: space, time, and relationships to others. Unlike English, the language spoken in Pormpuraaw does not use relative spatial terms such as left and right. Rather speakers talk in terms of absolute directions. Of course, in English we also use direction terms but only for large spatial scales (标度). We would not say, for example, “They set the salad forks southeast of the dinner forks!” But in Pormpuraaw, absolute directions are used at all scales. This means one ends up saying things like “the cup is southeast of the plate” or “the boy standing to the south of Mary is my brother.”
28. How does the author mainly explain the role language plays in the different cognition
A. By giving numbers.
B. By making comparisons.
C. By describing personal experiences.
D. By presenting different viewpoints.
29. What contributes to the girl’s success in pointing the direction
A. Her training in Stanford University.
B. The challenge from professors.
C. The language she speaks.
D. The English culture she absorbs.
30. What can be shown from the verb used in the language Mian
A. The time. B. The gender.
C. The space. D. The event.
31. What is the author’s attitude towards the language spoken in Pormpuraaw
A. Favorable. B. Cautious.
C. Negative. D. Objective.
D
In the book Consciousness Explained, the cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett describes a kind of fish, which wanders through the sea looking for a suitable rock to make its home for life. On finding one, the fish no longer needs its brain and eats it. Humanity is unlikely to adopt such an eating habit but there is a worrying trend that people are dumping themselves down by becoming overly dependent on “intelligent” machines, especially when ChatGPT comes out.
Since its launch in November 2022, ChatGPT has drawn 1 million people to register during the first week. Its allure is obvious: ChatGPT can produce jokes, write undergraduate essays and create computer code from a short writing prompt (提示).
But this is a false impression. Computers have become more capable but they lack genuine thinking, developed in humans through constant social practices. ChatGPT does not know what it is doing; it is unable to say how or why it produced a response; and cannot tell if it is making sense. So why all the fuss Google’s new AI-powered search tool, Bard, was released in March 2023, making its ambition obvious in its promotional video. The profit-driven competition to fill our daily lives with artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly fierce.
Humans have a long track of turning a blind eye to the risks of new breakthroughs. Web companies want to draw their users to think extremely highly of their AI tools, encouraging humanity to think them far beyond human’s cognitive competence. As we know, the rise of civilization through art and agriculture contributes mostly to the remarkable human mental powers. No one knows what will happen to such technologies if the software engineers of the future make themselves become software programs. Maybe the danger is not machines being treated like humans, but humans being treated like machines.
32. Why does the author mention “the fish” in the first paragraph
A. To stress the importance of intelligent machines.
B. To introduce a new kind of eating habit in animals.
C. To compare with human’s unwillingness to think.
D. To praise the excellence of human thinking ability.
33. What does the underlined word “allure” mean in the second paragraph
A. Target. B. Attraction.
C. Setting D. Access.
34. What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs
A. Human beings are being treated like machines.
B. Money matters much behind the AI competition.
C. Computers are skilled at completing cognitive tasks.
D. People should trust software more than themselves.
35. What does the text mainly talk about
A. ChatGPT has both benefits and risks.
B. Human depends overly on intelligent tools.
C. More intelligent technology is always better.
D. Human’s cognitive competence is irreplaceable.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Imagine that as you are boarding an airplane, half the engineers who built the plane tell you there is a 10 percent chance the plane will crash, killing you and everyone else on board. Would you still board
In 2022, over 700 top academics and researchers behind the leading artificial intelligence companies were asked in a survey about future AI risk. Half of those surveyed stated that there was a 10 percent or greater chance of human extinction from future AI systems. 36
The fear of AI has haunted humanity since the mid-20th century, yet until recently it has remained a distant prospect, something that belongs in sci-fi more than in serious scientific and political debates. 37 It is even harder to grasp the speed at which these tools are developing even more advanced and powerful capabilities. But most of the key skills boil down to one thing: the ability to manipulate (操纵) and generate language, whether with words, sounds or images.
In the beginning was the word. 38 From language emerges myth and law, goods and money, art and science, friendships and nations—even computer code. AI’s new mastery of language means it can now hack and manipulate the operating system of civilization. What would it mean for humans to live in a world where a large percentage of stories, melodies, images, laws, policies and tools are shaped by nonhuman intelligence 39 What happens when the same thing occurs in art, politics, and even religion
40 We are surrounded by culture, experiencing reality through a cultural prism (棱镜). Our views are shaped by the reports of journalists and the accounts of friends. What will it be like to experience reality through a prism produced by nonhuman intelligence The time to reckon with AI is before our politics, our economy and our daily life become dependent on it.
A. Humans often don’t have direct access to reality.
B. Language is the operating system of human culture.
C. In games like chess, no human can hope to beat a computer.
D. By gaining mastery of language, AI is seizing the master key to civilization.
E. Technology companies are caught in a race to put all of humanity on that plane.
F. For thousands of years we humans have lived inside the dreams of other humans.
G. It’s difficult for human minds to grasp the capabilities of GPT-4 and similar tools.
第三部分语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In many ways, Gitanjali Rao is an ordinary 11-year-old, lively and chatty, yet her scientific spirit makes a huge difference. Last month, she 41 the top prize at the Discovery Education 3M Young Scicntist Challenge for her invention.
What 42 Gitanjali’s work was that her city faced a water emergency with too much lead in its water. ”The idea didn’t 43 to me until I saw my patents try to do water tests. The test strips may show inaccurate results, which weren’t very 44 .” She recalls. She then searched for suitable materials with continued efforts and 45 found that carbon nanotube (纳米管) sensors can be used to sense chemicals. Gitanjali 46 to build a small blue housing using the 3D printer at her school with computer chips and a battery inside. A free app, which Gitanjali designed under 47 from her computer science teacher, gives instant 48 and sends the data to a linked phone through an attached device.
The process of designing her project wasn’t always 49 , though. Kathleen Shafer, a scientist paired with Gitanjali as her teacher in summer, 50 along the way. In the award ceremony, Gitanjali also 51 her parents with constant support and 52 to try “crazy ideas”. Gitanjali received $25, 000 to further develop her program along with the great 53 of winning the contest. According to Shafer, who 54 Gitanjali, “she shows a lot of motivation to solve 55 issues through science”.
41. A. earned B. designed C. offered D. made
42. A. exposed B. improved C. defined D. inspired
43. A. stick B. belong C. occur D. apply
44. A. simple B. reliable C. predictable D. creative
45. A. eventually B. immediately C. temporarily D. initially
46. A. managed B. promised C. pretended D. happened
47. A. observation B. command C. instruction D. control
48. A. access B. results C. decisions D. approval
49. A. optional B. complete C. continuous D. smooth
50. A. changed B. helped C. risked . D. followed
51. A. stresses B. credits C. impresses D. provides
52 A. encouragement B. request C. struggle D. pressure
53. A. fortune B. intention C. honor D. potential
54. A. keeps with B. gets along with C. takes care of D. speaks highly of
55. A. commercial B. academic C. practical D. systematic
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
When you have a science question not 56 (cover) in school, where can you turn Check out Tumble, a podcast for kids about scientific exploration and discovery.
Hosted by MARSHALL ESCAMILLA and LINDSAY PATTERSON, Tumble takes questions 57 (direct) from kids, then finds scientists 58 (help) answer them. For example, if you’re wondering 59 aliens exist, you can listen to Tumble and hear 60 an astrobiologist and a zoologist have to say about this otherworldly matter.
“ 61 (grow) up, I wasn’t interested in science at all, because I thought that everything to be known by science 62 (know),” Patterson told TIME for Kids. “It was only after I talked to a scientist 63 I learned I was totally wrong.” She wants to share this sense of 64 (curious) and wonder with kids.
Speak Spanish Learning the language You’re in luck! 65 podcast team also makes Tumble en Espa ol. —By TFK Kid Reporter Kellen Bhatt
第四部分写作（共两节,满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假如你是高一学生李华，你校学生会近期要为即将参加高考的高三学子举行加油仪式(a pep rally)，现征集活动创意。请你给学生会写一封信表达对于活动的建议，内容包括：1．写信目的；2．活动建议；3．期待和祝福。
注意：1．写作词数应为80左右；2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
To whom it may concern,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________第二节阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写两段，使之构成一个完整的故事。（满分25分）
Everything He Needs
Ethan poured the milk slowly so that his corn flakes(薄片,小碎片) rose above the rim(边缘) of the bowl, just like Nick’s. Mom didn’t fuss(唠叨) about it. Instead, she reached over and patted Nick’s hand. “It’s our last breakfast together before you start college,” she said.
“What will you eat for breakfast at college, Nick ” Ethan asked his big brother.
“I don’t know.” Nick hugged the corn flakes box. “I’d better take this.”
Mom smiled. “Nick is teasing. He’ ll have everything he needs at college.”
“Not everything.” Nick pointed at Ethan. “I won’t have my little brother!”
Mom looked at her watch. “Oops. We need to get going, boys.”
In the car, Ethan shared the backseat with Nick’s suitcases. “I wish I could go to the airport with you,” he said. But it was class photo day.
When they arrived at Ethan’s school, Nick reached over the seat and hugged Ethan goodbye. “Smile big for the camera,” Nick said.
“Good luck at college!” said Ethan. He got out of the car and waved at Nick until the car turned the corner.
Ethan missed seeing his brother at breakfast every day. Sometimes Nick sent photos. One was of him and his friends. They were all splattered(溅泼) with mud from playing soccer.
Mom said, “I hope he has figured out how to do laundry with detergent(洗涤剂).”
Nick sent another photo of himself in the library with a tall pile of books.
Mom said, “I hope Nick is finding time to get enough sleep.”
Ethan stared at the photo. Nick was smiling, but he looked tired. Maybe it was hard to get enough sleep at college.
A couple of months later, Mom said, “I bought plane tickets so we can visit Nick for his birthday.”
注意：1. 续写词数应为 150 左右；2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
Ethan pulled out his backpack, thinking that he should take something his brother may need. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hearing Mom’s words, he cleared his backpack of the things he had just collected.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
永州市零陵区2022-2023学年高一下学期期末考试
英语答案
1-5 CBACB 6-10 ACBBC 11-15 AABCC 16-20 BAACA
21-23 DCB 24-27 DCBA 28-31 CCAD 32-35 CBAB
36-40 EGBCA
41-55 ADCBA ACBDB BACDC
56. covered 57. directly 58. to help 59. whether/if
60. what 61. Growing 62. was known 63. that
64. curiosity 65. The
参考范文：
第一节
To whom it may concern,
Delightedly informed that a pep rally for senior high school students is around the corner, I am writing to share my ideas.
First of all, it is very meaningful to invite our headmaster to deliver an inspiring speech, which can definitely lift up students’ spirits. Besides, interactive activities such as signing up their names on a large board or taking a group photo can give them a sense of participation, strengthening their determination to face the coming challenge.
I hope my suggestions can contribute to the successful launch of the rally.
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节
Ethan pulled out his backpack, thinking that he should take something his brother may need. He a bottle of laundry detergent, which he thought could help clean his big brother’s dirty trousers. Nick’s pillow was also squished into the backpack as Ethan hold the belief that Nick could have a sound sleep with the very pillow. Then, Mom waked into the room and smiled, “You’re so thoughtful, Ethan. But you don’t have to pack all that. Nick has everything he needs there.”
Hearing Mom’s words, he cleared his backpack of the things he had just collected. It flashed on him that there was one gift, one of his newly shot photos, which his brother would be happy to receive. The next day when reunited at Nick’s college, Ethan reached into the pocket of his backpack, pulled out the photo and handed it to Nick. With the precious gift in hand, Nick hugged his little brother tightly, saying “My little brother knows me best! Thank you, Ethan.” The whole family were wild with delight as they got everything they needed—a warm and loving family, enjoying the company of each other.
英语听力原文
Text 1
M: I think I left my football in the gym yesterday. Can we go and see if it is there
W: Mike called last night to say you left it in his car in the garage.
Text 2
W: Mark, let’s go to the cinema.
M: I’d like to, but my car is being repaired now.
W: Why not go to the cinema by subway
M: The subway station is too far away. Let’s just take a taxi.
Text 3
W: Have you seen my pencil case I left it on the desk in the English classroom.
M: Oh, that was yours I asked everyone. I even brought it to lunch to ask more people. It’s in the main office now.
Text 4
M: Hi, Lily! I’d like to thank you for helping me out yesterday.
W: Don’t mention it. We’re friends, and friends should always be there for each other.
Text 5
W: Can you help me bring the bags inside I am not strong enough for all of them.
M: Are they heavy I have an old injury from skiing.
W: Oh, then don’t worry. I don’t want you to get hurt again.
Text 6
W: The football club asked to use the east field this afternoon. Our team will need it for our football practice, though.
M: The baseball team has a game on the south field today. What happened to the field the football club normally plays on
W: You mean the west field The middle school sports festival is happening there. They have begun setting it up for the weekend. I don’t know why they need to use it there. They have their own festival at the middle school.
M: It’s because we have more seats.
Text 7
M: Do you want me to come get you in the car, or will you be walking home from school today
W: Dad, I told you yesterday I’m going to Laura’s house. I’ll just take the bus with her. We’re going to help each other write our history papers.
M: Is this still the paper on World War I you two were writing
W: No, we finished that one last week. She’s writing a paper on Rome now, and I’m writing about pirates.
M: That’s exciting! Just make sure you’re home for dinner.
Text 8
M: Hi, Nancy! It’s been a long time since we last met. What have you been up to
W: Hi, Tom! Great to see you again. I’ve been away on business.
M: Oh, where did you go
W: I flew to New York for two meetings. It’s good to be home again. What have you been doing lately
M: Oh, nothing much. I’ve been staying at home, working in the garden. Look at the flowers I’ve just planted!
W: Oh, how beautiful! Ah, is Alice home
M: No. She is visiting her relatives in Chicago.
W: I didn’t know she has family in Chicago.
M: She was born there.
W: How long have you lived here in Boston
M: We’ve lived here for 10 years. We moved here because I got my current job as an engineer. Alice and I love this neighborhood.
W: We all love this neighborhood.
Text 9
M: I have been studying maps and learning about different countries recently. Two weeks ago I read a travel guide and thought that I would like to write one.
W: Your friends read comic books and short stories. You are into travel guides
M: Actually, I am going to write it so I can put some of it in the school newspaper.
W: Fantastic. I’m so busy. I usually go to the library about once a month. Sometimes I return books late. And it’s so quiet in there.
M: The librarians are helpful and kind. They even let me take out eight books at a time. I was going on vacation, so I needed a few extra. I usually read six books a month. You should go more often. The librarians can help you find the kind of books you like.
W: Really I would like to find some books on biology. My sister in university told me about her science classes. Chemistry and physics sound okay, but biology most interests me.
Text 10
I’m here at your school on this fine Friday, to explain to you all about the new website you will be using to take your tests every day. After today this class will be held over the Internet, so you will not need to come to this building hall any longer. You will be told about the homework by messages and you will find all the notes on this website. If you look on your screen, you will see three things: Notes, Tests and Discussion. The Notes section will contain all of the class notes. The Tests section is where you will take your daily tests. Each test will be twenty questions and you will need to do them within the thirty minutes given. The Discussion section is where you may ask questions or give answers to questions asked by other students. Not only will your homework be graded on the Tests, but you may earn extra points by giving correct answers in the Discussion page. Are you clear If you have any questions, please ask me now.
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【24题详解】细节理解题。
根据第一段中“At first my mother thought I could be a Chinese Shirley Temple. We’d watch Shirley’s old movies on TV as though they were training films.(起初，我妈妈认为我可以成为中国的秀兰·邓波儿。我们会在电视上看雪莉演的老电影，就像看训练电影一样)”可知，妈妈和女孩在电视上看秀兰·邓波儿的老电影是因为妈妈希望女儿成为中国的秀兰·邓波儿，让女儿通过看电影来接受训练。故选D项。
【25题详解】细节理解题。
根据倒数第二段中“And after seeing my mother’s disappointed face once again, something inside of me began to die. I hated the tests, the raised hopes and failed expectations. Before going to bed that night, I looked in the mirror and when I saw only my face staring back — and that it would always be this ordinary face — I began to cry. Such a sad, ugly girl!(在再次看到母亲失望的脸后，我内心的某些东西开始消亡。我讨厌考试，讨厌那些高涨的希望和失败的期望。那天晚上睡觉前，我照镜子，只看到自己的脸在盯着我看——而且永远都是这张普通的脸——我哭了起来。多么悲伤、丑陋的女孩!)”可知，女孩没有通过那些测试，并开始对自己失去信心。故选C项。
【26题详解】词句猜测题。
根据上文可知，妈妈问女儿“芬兰的首都是哪里 ”，女儿给出了一个明显错误的答案“内罗毕”。根据划线句“She checked to see if that was possibly one way to pronounce “Helsinki” before showing me the answer.(在给我看答案之前，她查了一下“赫尔辛基”是否可能是这样发 音的)”可知，妈妈专门查了芬兰首都“赫尔辛基”是否可以读作“内罗毕”，由此推知，妈妈非常希望女儿的答案是正确的，甚至寄希望于“内罗毕”是“赫尔辛基”的另一个读音。故选B项。
【27题详解】推理判断题。
根据最后一段中“I looked at my reflection, blinking so I could see more clearly. The girl staring back at me was angry, powerful. This girl and I were the same. I had new thoughts, willful thoughts, or rather thoughts filled with lots of won’ts. I won’t let her change me, I promised myself. I won’t be what I’m not.(我看着自己的影子，眨了眨眼睛，以便看得更清楚。那个盯着我看的女孩很生气，很强势。这个女孩和我是一样的。我有了新的想法，任性的想法，或者更确切地说，是充满了很多不愿意的想法。我不会让她改变我，我向自己保证。我不会成为我不是的样子)”可推知，女儿的遭受挫折后重新审视了自己，接受了真正的自我，决定不再受妈妈的摆布。接下来，她要去做自己真正喜欢做的事。故选A项。
【36题详解】根据上文“In 2022, over 700 top academics and researchers behind the leading artificial intelligence companies were asked in a survey about future AI risk. Half of those surveyed stated that there was a 10 percent or greater chance of human extinction from future AI systems.(2022年，一项关于未来人工智能风险的调查询问了 700 多名顶尖学者和领先人工智能公司背后的研究人员。一半的受访者表示，未来的人工智能系统有 10%或更大的可能性导致人类灭绝)”结合第一段提到让人们登上有 10%坠机可能的飞机，以及下文陈述人工智能将让人类面临危机可知，技术（人工智能）让所有人类都登上了这家可能坠毁的“飞机”。E项“Technology companies are caught in a race to put all of humanity on that plane.(科技公司陷入了一场让全人类都登上这架飞机的竞赛)”符合语境。故选E。
【37题详解】根据下文“It is even harder to grasp the speed at which these tools are developing even more advanced and powerful capabilities.(要掌握这些工具开发更先进、更强大功能的速度就更难了)”中的 even harder 推知，空处陈述了一种人类难以掌握的工具。G项“It’s difficult for human minds to grasp the capabilities of GPT-4 and similar tools.(人类很难掌握GPT-4和类似工具的功能)”符合题意，difficult呼应下文harder，下文thesd tools指代选项中的GPT-4 and similar tools。故选G。
【38题详解】根据下文“From language emerges myth and law, goods and money, art and science, friendships and nations—even computer code. (从语言中产生了神话和法律、商品和金钱、艺术和科学、友谊和国家，甚至计算机代码)”可知，语言对人类来说尤为重要。再结合“AI’s new mastery of language means it can now hack and manipulate the operating system of civilization.(人工智能对语言的新掌握意味着它现在可以破解和操纵文明的操作系统)”推知，语言之所以重要是因为它是人类的操作系统。B 项“Language is the operating system of human culture.(语言是人类文化的操作系统)”符合题意。故选B。
【39题详解】根据上文“AI’s new mastery of language means it can now hack and manipulate the operating system of civilization.(人工智能对语言的新掌握意味着它现在可以破解和操纵文明的操作系统)”和下文“What happens when the same thing occurs in art, politics, and even religion (当同样的事情发生在艺术、政治甚至宗教中时会发生什么？)”推知，空处提到了一种人工智能操纵或者打败人类的情况，而当这样的事情发生在艺术、政治甚至宗教中时可能会产生难以预料的后果。C项“In games like chess, no human can hope to beat a computer.(在像国际象棋这样的游戏中，没有人能指望打败电脑)”符合语境，下文的“the same thing”指代选项内容。故选C。
【40 题详解】空处位于段首，应总起下文。根据下文“We are surrounded by culture, experiencing reality through a cultural prism (棱镜). Our views are shaped by the reports of journalists and the accounts of friends. What will it be like to experience reality through a prism produced by non-human intelligence (我们被文化包围，通过文化棱镜体验现实。记者的报道和朋友的描述塑造了我们的观点。通过非人类智慧产生的棱镜来体验现实会是什么样子？)”可知，我们的观点通常都是根据记者的报道和朋友的描述形成的，由此推知，人类很少直接接触现实。A项“Humans often don’t have direct access to reality.(人类通常无法直接接触现实)”符合题意，总起下文，reality是关键词。故选A。

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